Freelancers Forum Messages on Sunday January 27th 2002
Re: FN-FORUM Sending SMS using ICQ?
date posted 27th January 2002 23:50
I've been using www.deltica.com for awhile, it's a paid for service but I
haven't been using it a lot so for personal it's worked out quite
reasonable.
Ben
slimpixels
http://www.slimpixels.com
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RE: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 23:35
I suppose cut and paste is out of the question?
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RE: FN-FORUM Sending SMS using ICQ?
date posted 27th January 2002 23:27
Its been dead for a while now and off and on, hardly reliable by all
accounts. There is an icq newsgroup that is regularly updated
Mark
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RE: FN-FORUM Web Archive [OT]
date posted 27th January 2002 23:23
Is part of Alexa organisation, Alexa is classed as close to spyware. Many
people are now blocking the archive.org spider.
All the best
Ian
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Re: FN-FORUM Sending SMS using ICQ?
date posted 27th January 2002 23:20
sms via icq takes ages to go through.
best bet for a freebie is to do what i did last year - find a free web-based
sms provider and piggyback their set-up using the likes of xmlhttp/winhttp.
alas th...
RE: FN-FORUM Web Archive [OT]
date posted 27th January 2002 23:17
> Anyone seen this site?
>
> www.archive.org
Yeah - I read about it the other week - I think it was on Slashdot, the
Register or similar - apparently it's the largest database connected to
the inte...
Re: FN-FORUM Web Archive [OT]
date posted 27th January 2002 23:13
> Have some more 'Big' firms packed up recently that we have not heard
about??
erm.... have I missed something?...
Sending SMS using ICQ?
date posted 27th January 2002 23:01
Hi All,
I remember someone mentioning a while ago about using ICQ to send SMS
messages - does this work?
Does anyone know of a service whereby I can just include the relevant
information (Telno,mes...
RE: FN-FORUM Web Archive [OT]
date posted 27th January 2002 22:55
-> Anyone seen this site?
->
-> www.archive.org
->
-> You can enter in a URL and if it's in the database it will show what the
-> site looked like in previous incarnations.
->
-> I'm having great fun...
RE: FN-FORUM OT - Need to get out more often -- ZX Spectrum
date posted 27th January 2002 22:49
Well its closed now but the reserve was $30 and the highest bid was $10
(£7).
Was being sold by someone in Nottingham.
Anyway, I won my bid....21" Sony Trinitron for £260 :-)
ATB
Dave Raza
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Web Archive [OT]
date posted 27th January 2002 22:28
Anyone seen this site?
www.archive.org
You can enter in a URL and if it's in the database it will show what the
site looked like in previous incarnations.
I'm having great fun viewing designs goin...
Re: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 21:14
>where mssql is better than Oracle,
incorrect security information for starters - nice to know its not just M$
that have programmers too fucking thick to set a maximum length for
externally set vari...
RE: FN-FORUM Learning ASP
date posted 27th January 2002 20:25
Mike
Did i lend you an ASP book by WROX?
If recall ist a red one, called "Professional ASP" or some such...
Steve
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Re: FN-FORUM Finally - My Mac Question..
date posted 27th January 2002 20:07
Cheers Lindsey,
and no - it's not supposed to look like that ;)
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FN-FORUM Finally - My Mac Question..
date posted 27th January 2002 19:43
Oh dear!
I don't think its supposed to look like that (Mac9.1 IE5)
I've sent you a screengrab direct.
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Lindsey Hill
www.apperleydesign.co.uk
design | create | innovate
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan...
RE: FN-FORUM Site check/help
date posted 27th January 2002 18:16
Site looks nice and clean
There is a problem in your javascript somewhere - sorry no time to check
where - just having a quick look before I go out - but the browser is
reporting errors at the botto...
RE: FN-FORUM Site check/help
date posted 27th January 2002 18:10
Hi,
I get error 'document.window.frame' is null or not an object in IE6.0
running on XP upon loading although the site does appear fine.
If you add items to the shopping cart then go Search, then H...
Re: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 18:10
OK, you win :)
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> erm......
Re: FN-FORUM unistalling ME
date posted 27th January 2002 17:58
Thanks to everyone that replied.
Went for backup to a spare HD and full format in the end.
Thanks David one to store away for next time.
Darren
> I would suggest you first decide which alternativ...
Re: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 17:42
have a look on www.php.net
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RE: FN-FORUM Java & frames
date posted 27th January 2002 17:34
Hi,
The documentation on the applet you are using indicates that you need to
set extra PARAMeters to control the frame in which links open.
See www.anfyteam.com . This behaviour is entirely down to...
Re: FN-FORUM Finally - My Mac Question..
date posted 27th January 2002 16:59
Hello,
The menu works but has problems with secondary menus. So the search menu
works perfectly other menus with sub options screw up a bit. It still works
in allowing navigation but just looks pecu...
Re: FN-FORUM Learning ASP
date posted 27th January 2002 16:53
> Can anyone recommend the best place they've found for learning ASP (books
/
> on-line / courses)? (Sorry I know similar questions have been asked
> before - and I thought I'd saved the answers but...
Re: FN-FORUM OT - Need to get out more often -- ZX Spectrum
date posted 27th January 2002 16:53
> But would it work? What would it be worth? I would think only enthusiasts
> and musuems would buy it, for a small price only.
even a dead ZX81 can go for more than a small price :)
Rick
Kitty5...
Java & frames
date posted 27th January 2002 16:49
This is the first time ive split a page into frames and i seem to have a
problem.
There are two frames top and bottom,
the top frame holds a java cube aplet which links to a shopping page
the bottom...
Re: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 16:48
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 15:22, Andy Freeman wrote:
> This is actually true.
> You could do it in 1 line of code.
With PHP?
How?
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Site check/help
date posted 27th January 2002 16:39
Hi,
New site needs checking please: http://www.makitadirect.co.uk/ - Tested on
IE5.5/W2k OK
Also needs some advice, when you click on the checkout button on this site
(with an empty basket) your re...
RE: FN-FORUM Learning ASP
date posted 27th January 2002 15:59
www.w3schools.com
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Re: FN-FORUM Learning ASP
date posted 27th January 2002 15:30
try
http://msdn.microsoft.com/
www.4guysfromrolla.com
www.aspin.com
www.hotscripts.com
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Re: FN-FORUM Finally - My Mac Question..
date posted 27th January 2002 15:28
Can't check right now, but I'll have a look tomorrow and let you know mate
cheers
Ben
slimpixels
http://www.slimpixels.com
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Re: FN-FORUM Learning ASP
date posted 27th January 2002 15:19
Can I suggest that when you quote a website URL, put in the whole URL such
as www.4guysfromrolla.com because then the email software will recognise it
as a hyperlink to a website, but 4guysfromrolla...
Re: FN-FORUM OT - Need to get out more often -- ZX Spectrum
date posted 27th January 2002 15:18
But would it work? What would it be worth? I would think only enthusiasts
and musuems would buy it, for a small price only.
David King
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Re: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 15:07
This is actually true.
You could do it in 1 line of code.
So 5 allows you to do a bit of processing too.
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Re: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 14:54
Indeed.
An inexperienced developer couldn't never crash the db server
by having recursive triggers,
if they used the built-in oracle "cascade deletes" function, though.
And neither would it suddenl...
Finally - My Mac Question..
date posted 27th January 2002 14:43
Hi all Mac Users,
Can someone please do me a favour and goto http://wight365.net/it/about.asp
and tell me if the menu system thats on there works.
I'm assuming so since it's just a combination of J...
Re: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 14:36
On Sat, 2002-01-26 at 17:08, Nigell Boulton wrote:
> or if you have PHP you can do it in 5 lines of code
Are you trolling?
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RE: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 14:25
As would SQL Server if you set up triggers.
You'd only have one foreign key which is the primary key of the master
table (and is needed to delete that record).
So, on the confirmdelete.asp page I'...
Re: FN-FORUM Learning ASP
date posted 27th January 2002 13:49
Hi Clare
I bought the WROX book Professional ASP, and that's been both a learning aid
and an invaluable reference book. There's quite a few websites dedicated to
ASP, of which 4guysfromrolla.com an...
Learning ASP
date posted 27th January 2002 13:46
Can anyone recommend the best place they've found for learning ASP (books /
on-line / courses)? (Sorry I know similar questions have been asked
before - and I thought I'd saved the answers but can't...
RE: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 13:46
First you need to use
the rest of
the code and there is lots!!! is then used to basically sort out the fields
and files reconstitute the file and save them in the nominated directory! I...
Re: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem/transactions
date posted 27th January 2002 13:44
OK you got me there... I had never heard of 'transactions' but....after
searching at http://www.tcp-ip.com/ i eventually found a bit about them and
an articel about using the RecordSet object at
http...
Re: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 13:22
erm.... can't
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tha...
RE: FN-FORUM search engines
date posted 27th January 2002 12:48
I think what their in fact offering is pay per click premier listings with
overture and £1800 would do very nicely for top listings plus a nice hefty
profit, this is just a complete rip-off. The rea...
Re: FN-FORUM WindowsXP ISDN
date posted 27th January 2002 12:43
just got XP upgrade looks great but not doing anything yet because can't get
driver for ISDN card.
I have homehighway use a Hayes Accura ISDN T/A fine with 98 , there dosen't
seem to be an XP driver....
Re: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 12:24
Well done for mentioning transactions ...
Of course, if you'd used Oracle instead of ms blah,
you could just set the "Cascade Delete" property of the main table to true.
And then Oracle would handl...
RE: FN-FORUM OT - Need to get out more often -- ZX Spectrum
date posted 27th January 2002 12:11
Speaking of Spectrums etc,
I saw a ZX81 on e-bay the other day as well as printer for it :-)
...if you really miss 'em :)
ATB
Dave Raza
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2D Creative Ltd
www.ukfreelancers.biz
www.2dc.biz
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Re: FN-FORUM Mac weird font problem
date posted 27th January 2002 12:05
Hope I didn't get you worried about it. I tried to find the source of that
bug on the Apple site but it's tricky after they've released OS X! I cannot
seem to find any documentation of it! Prolly try...
Re: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 11:51
that should be ''Can't ''actually !
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RE: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 11:51
suitably embarrassed, you win the one-upmanship prize for today
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RE: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 11:50
Nice and neat solution, assumes however that you have available all the
foreign keys.
If you need to run a select to get the FK, things can get a little more
ugly. But the use of transactions is esse...
RE: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 11:15
Hi Ian,
You can use a transaction and execute 3 delete statements from within
the ASP code.
e.g.
Lcon.BeginTrans
Lcon.Execute "DELETE * FROM Sub1 WHERE ID = " & LlngID
Lcon.Execute "DELETE * FROM...
Re: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 11:04
Hi Iain
That email was the last thing I did before I went to bed! And don't worry,
I wasn't working until that time :)
Back to the question though, whether you should delete or not all comes down...
RE: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 11:00
Maiow ...
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RE: FN-FORUM Need to get out more often
date posted 27th January 2002 10:58
lol - Couldn't possibly comment,
Hutch
(Editor, Your Sinclair, 1990-91)
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Re: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 09:07
Norman
According to your email you sent this at 3am on a sunday morning. As your
typing and advice is good I can assume you were not drunk...so you should
really have gone to bed!!!
I am concerned...
Re: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 09:02
I guess it's going to be ugly code!!
I could, I suppose, just delete the record on the main table because without
that record's ID you would be unable to call the linked items. However this
strikes...
Re: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 08:59
Interesting thought - I'll put it to the database designer. Only one of the
tables has the ID created as an autonumber so I could delete from the 2
linked tables and mark the main table as deleted....
Re: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 07:24
This from a person who cant spell.....
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Re: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 03:19
Hi Iain
Do you definatly want to delete the records? If you're using an autonumber
field for your unique ID then you're going to start getting mystery gaps in
your numbering. A far better idea is...
RE: FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 01:40
Are you running on SQL server? if so yu can try triggers or a stored
proceedures I'd be happy to give some help on the coding. Otherwise you'll
need to do multiple selects / deletes within ASP, which...
RE: FN-FORUM OT - Need to get out more often -- ZX Spectrum
date posted 27th January 2002 01:40
On a retro vibe are you all aware of Mame
http://www.mame.net/
Lots of inane fun, it runs all the old arcade games on PC.
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Mac weird font problem
date posted 27th January 2002 01:30
just a quick thanks to Carla, Paul, Neeleesh and Lindsay for your advice,
sorry it's taken so long to reply... been doing a rush job, corporate
cartoon strip, I still haven't figured the problem out,...
RE: FN-FORUM free web hosting
date posted 27th January 2002 01:13
DSVR.co.uk?
Appear to be OK, so far....
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RE: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 01:02
5 Lines? well do show us then? I would love to learn
and share.
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RE: FN-FORUM mailto form attachments
date posted 27th January 2002 01:02
I am keen to learn what you mean by "Vanilla ASP" sounds like a good
approach if you can achive it without components, Can you forward some
example code? I would find it very interesting.
Kind Regar...
FN-FORUM asp deleting record problem
date posted 27th January 2002 00:55
I am trying to delete a record from a database table. The record is linked
to via a unique ID to two further tables. (Have been brought in to work with
an existing database)
Is it possible to delete...
Re: FN-FORUM search engines
date posted 27th January 2002 00:47
"technoir" wrote:...
Re: FN-FORUM free web hosting
date posted 27th January 2002 00:47
Forget f2s.com, they were unreliable anyway.
Try www.portland.co.uk or www.united.net.kg (both run by Portland
Communications)
David King
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Re: FN-FORUM Need to get out more often
date posted 27th January 2002 00:47
Simon Kimberley wrote:
I totally agree! Until it was taken over and phased out by Amstrad. I
remember reading about a computer that someone else inve...
Re: FN-FORUM 5.25" floppy disks
date posted 27th January 2002 00:47
Do they make good beer mats? You could sell them to a theme pub.
David King
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Re: FN-FORUM OT - Need to get out more often -- ZX Spectrum
date posted 27th January 2002 00:46
Was it a ZX Spectrum or a ZX80? The ZX80 came out in 1980, I had one, a
small white box, smaller than today's PC keyboards, I had a black box that
stuck on the back which boosted the RAM from 1K up...
Re: FN-FORUM Adobe Go Live
date posted 27th January 2002 00:46
I saw Adobe demonstrating Go Live at a computer show last year. It looked
impressive, but I still think that Dreamweaver is nicer to use, it just
seemed too quirky, whereas the interface on Dreamweav...
Re: FN-FORUM unistalling ME
date posted 27th January 2002 00:46
I would suggest you first decide which alternative operating system you want
on there.
If you are going for Windows 98SE, for example, the best to do it is to
probably do it like this:
Delete win.com...
RE: FN-FORUM Autorun Webpage From CD
date posted 27th January 2002 00:18
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